LE

Will be interesting to see what TM goes for. This is as close to a Falklands moment as she's likely to get. The public is more politically engaged than it has been for a long time and will expect her to come down hard.

1) There's a fair amount she can do unilaterally. A lot of Russian money moves through the city.
2) Trump has a lot to gain from taking a hard line on Putin. It helps distance him domestically, and increased sanctions will shift the demand for gas from Russia to the US.

LE

Will be interesting to see what TM goes for. This is as close to a Falklands moment as she's likely to get. The public is more politically engaged than it has been for a long time and will expect her to come down hard.

LE

LE

1) There's a fair amount she can do unilaterally. A lot of Russian money moves through the city.
2) Trump has a lot to gain from taking a hard line on Putin. It helps distance him domestically, and increased sanctions will shift the demand for gas from Russia to the US.

I will still give very good odds on Mrs. May speaking loudly and brandishing a very small stick.
Magitsky Lite is not the way for a nation supposedly trying to set itself up as a low regulation financial soft power to go, and I suspect that she'll already have had that whispered in her shell like. That said, I fully expect some Putinistas to take a financial hit, the Attache for Vodka imports to be declared PNG and half the world to withdraw from the the World Cup.

LE

Where's all this cyber attack stuff come from? I assume we have the capability to hit them, but they certainly have the capability to hit back. Also, their willingness to use botnets etc. probably gives them the edge. I don't see how either side would gain.

War Hero

I think its time to cut overseas aid, make sure Google, facebook and co pay a proportionate amount of tax. So that we can build up our armed forces and make Britain Great again. If we can spare 40 billion to give to the EU then there must be more money hidden under Tiggers sofa.

LE

Nothing much is actually likely to happen, so I thought it might be fun to have a round of
FANTASY REPRISALS LEAGUE.
What response would bring Arrsers most satisfaction?
A) a cyberattack on the Russian election results so that Putin appears not to have won, followed by immmediate recognition of his opponents
B) sabotage of Russian gas infrastructure just after Brexit, screwing his export income and most of the EU energy supplies.
C) Putin's assassination, claimed by "Crimean separatists".
D) Your suggestion?

LE

Nothing much is actually likely to happen, so I thought it might be fun to have a round of
FANTASY REPRISALS LEAGUE.
What response would bring Arrsers most satisfaction?
A) a cyberattack on the Russian election results so that Putin appears not to have won, followed by immmediate recognition of his opponents
B) sabotage of Russian gas infrastructure just after Brexit, screwing his export income and most of the EU energy supplies.
C) Putin's assassination, claimed by "Crimean separatists".
D) Your suggestion?